Connector for hames.



- 110.834.521, PATENTED OCT. so, 1906.

J; M. HEDRIOK.

CONNECTOR FOR HAMBS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1906.

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UNITED I STATES JOHN M. HEDRIOK, OF VVHITEMARSH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONNECTCR FOR HAMES.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed February 10, 1906. Serial No. 300,402.

nected, even though the collars should be come smaller or the hamesotherwise become somewhat loose, and to provide the necessary mechanicalstrength for enabling the parts to withstand the strains to which theyare subj ected.

The invention further comprises the improvements to be presentlydescribed and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and

scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, formingpart hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side view illustrating the partsin theposition which they occupy during the operation of drawing up thehames. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in the position whichthey occupy when the device is in use, and Fig. 3 is a top or plan viewof Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 is a member provided with a hook 2 and with teeth 3.The'hook is intended to take into an eye on the ends of the hames, andthe teeth are useful for a purpose to be presently described. Ifdesired,

- this toothed hooked member 1 may be provided with a pivotal end part4.

5 is a member provided with a hook, and this hook member 5 hasbifurcated or forked arms 6 and 7, provided with a laterally-arrangedbridge-piece 8, which spans them and stays, supports, and firmly holdsthe arms or Rivets 16 are arranged betweenforks 6 and 7, and the rivets16 form a pivotal connection between the hook member 5 and theoperating-lever 10, which is secured strong and well adapted to resistthe strains to which the parts are subjected when in use. Thebridge-piece 14 serves to hold the member 1 in the position shown inFig. 2, so that one of the teeth 3 may not disengage the wrist-pin 15,even though the hames to which the hooks are connected shouldbeoomesomewhat loose.

The pivotal end 4 may be turned down through the slot in theoperatingdever, andin this position it is possible to make use of theteeth 3 nearest the hook. When the other teeth are employed, the pivotalend 4 may be held up by the keeper 9. To draw the parts of the devicetogether, the part 1is passed through the slot in the operating-lever 10and an appropriate tooth 3 caused to engage with the wrist-pin 15. Theoperating-lever 10 is then turned up between the arms of the member 5,thus drawing the hooks together and tightening the hames.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A connector for hames comprising a toothed hook member, having apivotal end part, a bifurcated or forked hook member having armsprovided with a laterally-arranged bridge-piece for staying their endsand with a pivotal keeper for said end part, a slotted operating-leverhaving a forked end and having on opposite sides a bridge-piece forsupporting the toothed member and a wrist-pin which engages the teeth ofsaid member, and rivets between the arms of the hook member and the armsof the lever for pivotally connecting said parts, substan tially asdescribed.

2. A connector for hames comprising a bifurcated or forked member havingarms provided with a laterally-arranged bridge-piece for staying theends of the arms, a slotted operating-lever having a forked end andhaving on its under side a bridge-piece and on its upper sidea'wrist-pin, and a separate toothed hooked member which is held up inengagement with the wrist-pin by the underlying bridge-piece even whenthe device is not under tension, substantially as described.

3-. A connector for hames comprising a bifurcated or forked memberhaving arms provided With a laterally-arranged bridge-piece der tension,and a keeper for holding up the for staying the ends of the arms, aslotted opoperatinglever.

IO erating-lever having a forked end and having In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto on its under side a bridge-piece and on its upsigned myname. 5 per side a Wrist-pin, a separate toothed JOHN M. HEDRIGK.

hooked member Which is held up in engage- In presence of ment with theWrist-pin by the underlying W. J. JAoKsoN,

bridge-piece even When the device is not un- K. M. GILLIGAN.

